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Category: Bears
U.S. Announces Unprecedented Coalition to Fight Wildlife Trafficking
The White House continues to move forward in the battle against wildlife crime with the launch of the “Wildlife Trafficking Alliance” — a coalition which […]
Presidential Task Force Releases Implementation Plan for the National Strategy for Combating Wildlife Trafficking
Courtesy of U.S. Department of the Interior Recognizing that wildlife trafficking is an urgent conservation and national security threat, the U.S. Departments of the Interior, […]
Wildlife Seizures in 2014 Highlight Lao PDR’s Role in Trafficking
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, 6 January 2015 – Lao PDR was implicated as the source, transit or destination country in at least nine high-value international wildlife […]
Prince William: Wildlife Trafficking is ‘One of the Most Insidious Forms of Corruption’
In his first-ever visit to Washington, D.C., the Duke of Cambridge spoke at the World Bank on an issue “extremely close” to his heart: the […]
New Study Reveals Shocking Increase of Bear Bile Extraction ‘Farms’ in Lao PDR
Courtesy of Dr. Chris Shepherd, Regional Director for TRAFFIC South-East Asia The number of bears in farms supplying the widespread and expanding bile extraction industry […]
China Outlaws Rare Animal Consumption
Eating rare species is now a criminal offense in China. Last week, members of China’s top legislature body passed a reinterpretation of the country’s criminal […]
New Smartphone App to Report Illegal Wildlife Trade in Southeast Asia
Article and photo courtesy of Dr. Chris Shepherd, Regional Director, TRAFFIC Southeast Asia. From bear paw soup to pangolin scales, people can now report suspected […]
No Easy Alternatives to Wildlife Conservation Enforcement
Authors: J. Phelps1, C.R. Shepherd2, R. Reeve1,3, M.A. Niissalo4, & E.L.Webb4. Courtesy of Dr. Chris Shepherd, Regional Director, TRAFFIC Southeast Asia. Editor’s note: No Easy […]
Snared Sun Bear Indicative of Rampant Poaching Inside Belum-Temengor Forest Complex
Article courtesy of Dr Chris R. Shepherd, Regional Director, TRAFFIC Southeast Asia Perak, Malaysia, 28th January 2014 — The carcass of a Malayan Sun Bear […]